Paper finger for typewriting machines



F. W. HlLLAR-D. PAPER FINGER'FOR TYPEWRlTiNG MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR) 7| 192l- I Patented Feb. 28, 1922 2 SHEETS-SHEET1.

F. W. HILLARD.

PAPER FINGER FOR TYPEWRITING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7 1921.

2. U 92 n J MP 0.0 3 m m m [UNITED STATES PVATENTVO FREDERIG w. HILLARD,or TOTTENVI'LLE, new YORK.

ToaZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnro W. HiLLAnn,

a citizen of the United States of America,

and a resident of Tottenville, New York, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Paper Fingers for Typewrit'ersyot' which thefollowing is a specifi cation.

field and press up the work sheets at theprinting line to conform to-thecylinder, While the paper finger of the type described, must ofnecessity overlie the edges of the Work sheets to press them against theplaten, their supports mustnot arrest the further feed of the sheets.Hence, the supports for the paper fingers 'IIlllSt be placed outside thefield of the .work sheets.

One serious difiiculty which has heretofore existed with this device asheretofore made, is that in carbon: work, it is. quite difiioult towithdraw thework sheets temporari ly for purpose of correcting allcarbon copies, as is commonly done during the course of the writing.This difiiculty arises from 'thefact that the paper finger carrying armsextend inwardly from without the field of the work sheets on eitherside, into such field andoverlap the work sheets, so that the openspacebetween the two paper fingers is materiallyless than the width ofthe work sheets. Both the finger carrying arms as heretofore made,whicl'rthus extend inwardly from right and letthave been made rigid onthe supports, being integral therewith. Hence the carbon copies to becorrected, must be drawn forwardly out from under the paper fingers(which are made liftable for the purpose) or the sup. ports mustibemoved sideways away from each other ontheir pivotal supporting rod todraw the fingers wholly outside the work left hand holding positions.

the position shown in Figure 3-, showing the. paper finger 1n.inoperative position outoi' PAPER FINGER FOR TYPEWRITING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 28 19,22,v Applicationfiled March 7, 1921. Serial No. 450,204. V v r i F CT In order toovercome these objections I" have made my carrying arms separately fromthe supports, instead of as heretofore, integral therewith; and haveprovided hinged joints between the-carrying armsand their supports, andspring-pressed lock 7 ing means to restrain said hinges'from op-'erating. while the paper fingers are inthe1r work sheet controllingpositions and have the hinge joints to swing the paper fingers out ofthe field of the work sheets. The spring-pressed locking means also actas means for automatically: relocking thearrying arms when returned intothe field'o't the work sheets and into their right .and

For convenience,l show my deviceap-' pglied to a modified Underwoodtypewriter. ut it provided hand-operated means to unlock will beunderstood that the invention is capable of wide application on ariousmakes of ty-pewriters,ahd I accordingly do not intend to limit ittouse'o'n the particular machine herein shown. 3 In the drawings,' whichform apart of this speeification, Figure l is a plan view of the carrig'e and aportion oi the machine on'which it is mounted. V Figure 2 is asectional viewon line X-X otFigure 1. y Figure Sis a front View of therighthand finger in raised position, with the paper finger cut awayandshown in section.

Figure 4 is a plan iew and in full lines erative position, out of thefieldot the work shows the paper fingerswunginto inopsheets, and indottedlines, shows the paper 1 finger inoperative the work sheets.

position, in. the field "of Figure 5' is plan View of the device in thefield of the work sheets.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary planview with the device in operativeposition.

Figure '7. is a perspective view olihe device showing the finger ininoperative posi-: tion. V

Figure 8 is a showing a modified pair of paper fingers in operativeposition inthe field of the work sheets.

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front View of the carriage,

,. port 4.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the modified, paper finger of Figure8.

Upon the carriage 1 is mounted the platen or paper cylinder 2. To therear ofthe cylinder and in linetherewith is the pivotal shaft 3 whichcarries the two paper finger pivotal supports 4. The rod 3 is rigidlymounted on the carriage and is provided with a semi-circular groove 5 inwhich the pin 6 lies. -The bow shaped spring? yieldingly holds the pin 6in. groove 5, the pin being provided with the reduced ends 8 to enterwcorresponding grooves in the slip The. supports 4 are bored out to .takeover the rod 3 and are each provided with two semi-circulargrooves totake in the re ducedends 8 0f the pin 6. This device is the welliknownone of the Underwoodtypewriter, for a holding the paper fingers 9spring-pressed against the platen and where by they may be rotatedupwardand back torelease the paper. Since the parts above mentioned areold andwell known, further description is. believed unnecessary.

Asabove stated, the paper finger sup ports of the Underwood typewriter,includingtheirv carrying arms are made in a 'single piece and in rightand ;left hand pairs.

Hence. while said paper fingersare adapted to be turned upwardand back,theyca-nnot be. turned". outwardly out of the field of the work sheets.i

In my improved. paper finger device, the

carrying arms form a part of the paper fingers and are hinged to thesupports to permit: of turning them together with the paper guidingfingers 9 which they carry, out p of thefield' of the. work sheets,while the paper finger supports are still in their normal holdingposition. This results from thevertica'l position occupied-by the hingepins while the fingers are in normal paperhold ing". position.

In the Underwood device, in lifting the paper finger up and oif from theplaten, the pin 6-escapes from its semi-circular groove 5 in'thepivotalshaft 3, owing to the yielding of the:bow shaped spring 7, andthere is no tendency of theparts to be restored to their work holdingpositions by the spring when lifted.

Referring to my improved paper finger device, partsiof the Underwoodpaper finger device heretofore in use maybe employed, if desired, inmaking my improved paper overlapping arm which extends into the field ofthe work sheets and which carries the paper guldlng finger,corresponding to ries the rubber roller 10.

the paper vuidin finger 9 which finger cara b Such modified support Imount onthe carryin shaftfi as usual, with spring '7 and hol ing pin 6.Then I preferably provide a reinforcing bracket 11, as shown (althoughthe support may if desired be-employed alone, or the carrier made in asingle piece, if preferred). This reinforcing bracket is provided with:a forwardly extending plate 11 which overlies the platenbeside the plate4 and is riveted to the plate 4 by rivet 12 and by the two rivets 13,13, the latter'also riveting on the "retaining spring or retainingelement 14-.

The upper end of bracket 11 is bifurcated and curled-into one member 15of a hinge joint.

Into the bifurcation thus" provided,

is inserted the other member 16 0f thehing joint. This member is onthesupporting or carrying arm 17 which' carriesthe paper guidlng finger 9'.The two members are fastened together by hinge pin 18; Thesiipportingarm 17 is provided with'a finger 19 tocatch into the locking notch 20 ofthe spring-14 to normally lock down the paper guiding finger 9, and thesupporting arm" 17 is provided with a finger piece 21 tobe employed inlifting and swinging the device. Spring 14: is providedat its upper endwith a thumb piece orcupped head22. The arm" 17 is recessed at 28 forclearance of cupped I head 22, whenthe arm, 1'7 and its attached paperguiding finger 9 are swun outwardly into the full line position ofligure 4, to wholly free the work sheets from thepaper fingers and theirsupports.

In the operation of the device, the opei'a- 1 torpla'ces the thumb ofthe right hand on the cupped head22 of spring laand the,fin-, gers ofthe samehand under the" finger piece 21; Then he pushes inwardly withthe thumb to free the finger19 from the locking notch 29 of spring 14.-At the same time, he

lefts upwardly'with the fingers under finger piece 21, thereby freeingthe arm 17' from the spring let and swinging the arm and paper" fingerfrom the dotted line Position Figure 4, into the full lineone shown insaid figure, where it is wholly out of, the field off the work sheets] 7itthe same time, he performs 'a similar operation with the left hand onthe left hand paper finger device, thus simulta- ,neouslyremoving bothpaper fingers wholly out of the field of the'work sheets. Itis notdevice, as is necessary in the device hereto fore in use. The arms 17and fingers 9 thereon can be swung directly outwardly while the supports4 remain in their operative position. ()fcourse the supports t can beswung upwardly if desired.

A function, of finger 19 is to be bent up; wardly or downwardlyrelatively toarm117,

so as to properly position the paper guiding also device heretoforeused.

finger 9 and rubber roller 10 on the platen 2. The arm 17 can also bebent at neck 23" for the same purpose.

When in normal holding position, both arms 17 and their paper guidingfingers 9 and rollers 10 are preferably rigidly locked down and can onlybe unlocked by the hand operation ,as above described, the springs 14and their locking notches 20 being so formed as to. constitutesubstantially a rigid look. But in the return movement to normalposition, the springs are so formed as to yieldingly permit suchrelockingmovement'automatically when the operator swings the arms 17inwardly to normal holding position. Of coursethe fingers 17 may be heldin normal position by relatively powerful springs which can yieldinglyunsnap.

structurally my improved device is much stronger than the regular paperfinger Such increased strength in my device resides in the rein--forcing bracket 11. In my device, as in the regular Underwood, there isthe regular yoked bearing. Here the forwardly extending plate is at oneor the other end of the yoke,- depending as to whether thepaper fingerbea right hand one or a left hand one.

The tendency with such yoked bearing, when pulling or pushing the plateto slide it on its way rod 3, inwardly or outwardly, on the rod, is tospring the yoked bearing. My reinforcing bracket, constitutes in effect,an oppositely disposed yoke and resists and counteracts such tendency tostretch or bend the yoked bearings. y

In the. form above discussed, the usual paper guiding fingers 9 andtheir feed rollers 10 are shown. In Figures 8 and 9, I

show modified, novel and advantageous paper'guiding. fingers 9, and feedrollers 10- which latter are much longer than the regular Underwood feedrollers 10 of Figures 1 to'7- It will also be seen that in the modifiedfinger, the feed rollers 10 at their outer ends are substantially flushwith the hinged ends of arms 17, and that at their inner ends they aresubstantially flush with the free ends of sucharms. It will also benoted that the lower portions 29 of the fingers are ofi-set toward theouter ends of the platen. The lowerportions 29 of the fingersare thusset considerably nearer to the endsofthe platen than in the regularUnderwood fingers. The result is that a much wider work field isattainable with the use of the modified fingers than with the use of theregular fingers,

for the reason that when the supports, on which the'regular fingers aremounted, are

moved clear tothe ends of their supporting rod, the fingers arestillpositioned consider ably inwardly of the ends of the platen. In mydevice on-the other hand, when the supports are placed as far apart asthey will go, the lower portions 29 of the fingers are positioned at theends of the platen, and as a matter of fact attheir outer edges overlieor project beyond the ends of the platen and the inner edges of thelower portions 29 are positioned inwardly of the platen only arelatively small distance.

Furthermore, in my modified device when the supports are moved as farapart as pos sible the rollers extend clear to the ends of the platenand hence a wider breadth ofengaging surface against the work may be hadand consequently a more perfect control of feed of the work is obtained.

The modified paper holding fingers are especially adaptedto cardwriting, or for writing within the marginal space of the paper, as wellas writing on wider sheets. If it is desired to write very near the edgeof the work sheet or index cards, the fingers may be spaced apart so asnot to catch the work sheets or card at all when passing above theprinting line, until it reaches the beveled edge 25. Then the fingerscan be lifted slightly and the work sheets or cards caught thereunder.

The edge 25 is beveled as shown, so asto securely feed the work sheetsthereunder.

For instance, if the paper fingers be so spaced apart as to catch eachedge of the work sheets, when the sheets have been fed I up to bevelededge 25, they readily and accu:

wvork sheets thentend to belly out away from theheld edges and thustendto rideover and outside'the wide part of such paper fingers. s

The lower end of beveled edge 25 forms. a junction with the verticaledge 26 at the point'27. These two edges 25 and 26 are preferably soplaced that the junction 27 2 comes 'at the point which is just abovethe tops-of the upper case letters on the type bars when at the platen,so as to catch over the worksheets or index cards as soon as possibleafter the printing, but without collisionbetween the upper case typecharacters and 'the wide part 28 of the paper guiding fingers, or thebeveled edges25. I r

In the claims the word plate is used in its broadest sense andtoindicate theportion of the support, to which the arm l? is hinged, andwhich overhangs the platen and p is disposed laterally beyond the fieldo'r' the work sheet. Any element such as a rod. bar, tube or otherelement that" is carried by the support and acts as a means to which thelinger supporting arm is hinged, may be. used in lieu of the plate. 2

ere, h lai I Spec y a pl te an the parts of which are positionedlaterally beyond the field of the work sheets at the platen, or the workfield (the two terms be-, ing employed interchangeably), I do not intendto limit the plate to any'particu lar form, but merely intend to statethe fact that, whatever the particular form of the plate, itispositioned as a whole laterally beyond the work field; and by the termspositioned wholly beyond the workfield laterally, or the entire platebeing so positioned, I. intendto convey the samenieaning.

The reason for so positioning the carrying plate is so as to entirelyclear the work field of all parts of the paper finger device, forerasures on the work sheet and particularly 011 underlying carboncopies. Myinv-ention contemplates entirely clearing the work fieldattheplaten, of all parts of the two paper finger devices at the twoends of the platen. Thus the carrying plates are'positioned at eitherend of the platen, laterally wholly beyond the field of the work sheetsat the platen, so that when the paper finger carrying arms, which extendinwardly from their hinged connections with the carrying plates, intothe work field, at either end of the platen, are swung! outwardly ontheir jointed connections, they will move, together withtheir paperguiding fingers, wholly out of the work field, so that the entire workfield will be cleared of all parts of the two paper finger devices; noinwardly extending portions of the carrying plates or paper fingersremaining to obstruct the lifting of the outer work sheets "forcorrection of underlying ones. v

I have used herein the terms-longitudinal, transverse and lateral.terms, as employed herein and in the accompanying claims, as follows :Bythe term longitudinal I meanin a direction lengthwise of the platen. Theterm transverse means crosswise of the platen and the term lateral meanstoward the sides of the machine. carried by the platen or field of thework sheets at the platen, or work field, I mean that portion of thelength of the platen which corresponds to the distance between theoverhanging plates, some por tion or all of which is occupied 'bythework sheets, whether lying on the platen or whenthe upper portions ofthe outer sheets are swung transversely forward far enough forunobstructedly making corrections on the under sheets, while the lowerportions of all the sheets are held on theplaten. A dis-. tinctionshould be noted between the use of the terms lock, locking means, meansfor locking the two parts together, and locking means for normallyholding the paper finger in its work holding position, on the one hand,and, on the other hand of the term a spring I will define these" By theterm field of the work sheet pre e mai i t ily tain t are l reduced ends8, spring ,7, all operatively connected the support 4, which latteristhereby spring-pressed so as to move its plate towardrthe platen, tonormally retain,

the paper linger in work-engaging position;

at the platen.

It will be understood that my reinforcing yoke (designated bythereferenc'e character 11) s applicable equally with the regularUnderwood paper finger device and with my hinged paper fingers.Therefore I intend my claim to such reinforcing. bracket to beunderstood as being intended to cover both saidQdevices; v i 3 Havingthus, described the invention what I claim as new,'and desire to secureby Lee 7 ters Patent is 1. .Inl a paper; finger device 51: typwrit;

ers, the combination} with the platen,:of a i support pivotally andslidably' mounted with respect to the platen and having aplate positionlate-rally beyond thefield of a work sheet carried-by the platen, .asupporting arm hingedly connected to theplate and extendinglongitudinally ofthe platen into the field of thewo'rk sheet, a paperfinger device carried :by the supporting arm, .lockingmeans(so-operating between 1 the plate and the supporting arm to normallyretain'the finger in worki -engaging relation with the" platen, andmeans whereby the locking means may be released from its co-operatingrelation, whereby the supporting arr'rimay be swung longituc'linallyofthe platen out of the field of the work sheet,

2.- In a paper finger device for typewriters, I the combination withtheplateinof a pair' 7 of supports having plates positioned laterallybeyond the opposite edges ofwthe work' fieldat the platen, supportingarms" liingedlyconn'ected-to the plates andieirtending longitudinally ofthe platen into said work field toward each ot'her, paper guidingfingers carried by the supporting arms, locks cooperating between theplates and thesupporting arms to' normally retain the paper guidinglingersin work-engaging relation with the platen, and means whereby'thelocks may bereleased to swing the paper guiding fingers away from eachother. l r

In a typewriter, the combination with theplaten, of a paper fingersupporting'arm, a support-to which the arm is 'hingedly con? nected,said support being positioned 1atered to swing the paper fingertransversely of the platen into and out of its normal work sheet holdingposition, a jointed connection between the paper finger and the support,

whereby the paper finger may be moved longitudinally of the platen intoand out of the field of the work sheet, a spring mounted on the supportand provided with a notch, a finger carried by the paper finger andadapted to engage in the notch for normally holding the paper finger inwork-engaging position relatively to the support,

and a thumb piece on the spring whereby the latter may be moved todisengage the said finger carried by the paper finger, to allow of thepaper finger being moved longitudinally of the platen out of the fieldof the work sheet.

5. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen, of a paper fingerand a support therefor, said support being pivotally mounted to swingthe paper finger transversely of the platen into and out of its worksheet holding position, a jointed connection between the paper fingerand the support, whereby the paper finger may be moved longitudinally ofthe platen into and out of the field of the work sheet, and lockingmeans for positively holding the paper finger in normal work-engagingposition, relatively to the support, said locking means being releasablein all positions of the support for permitting movement of the paperfinger longitudinally of the platen out of the field of the work sheet.i

6. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen, of a paper fingerand a one-part support therefor, said support being pivotally mounted toswing as a whole to move the paper finger transversely of theplaten intoand out of its work sheet holding posi-' tion, a jointed connectionbetween the paper finger and the support, whereby the paper finger maybe moved longitudinally of the platen into and outof the field oft-heworksheets, and locking means for positively holding thepaperfinger inits normal workengaging position relatively to the support,

said locking means being releasable for permitting movement of the paperfinger longitudinally of the laten out of the field of the work sheet. iI

7. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen, of a paper fingerand asupport therefor, said support being pivotally mounted to swing thepaper finger transversel of'the platen into and out'of its work sheetholding position, spring pressure means for normally thrusting the paperfinger to the platen, a jointed connection between the paper finger andthe support, whereby the paper finger may be moved longitudinally of theplaten into and out of the field of the work sheet, and locking meansfor positively holding the paper finger in its normalwork-engagingposition at the platen, said locking means being releasable to free thepaper finger from the impulse of said spring pressure means tending topress it to the platen.

8. In a typewriter, the combination'with the platen, of a paper fingerand asupport therefor, said support being pivotally mounted to swing thepaper finger transversely of the platen into and out of its worksheet'holding position, a jointed connection between the paper fingerand the support whereby the paper finger maybe moved longitudinally ofthe platen into and out of the field of the work sheets, and lockingmeans for positively holding the paperfinger in normal work-engagingposition relatively to the support, said locking means being releasablefor permitting movement of the paper finger longitudinally of the platenout of the field of the work sheets, the said longitudinal movement ofthe paper finger being wholly independent of the transverse movement ofthe support.

9. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen, of a paper fingerand asupport therefor, said support being pivotally mounted to swing thepaper finger transversely of the platen into and out of its work sheetholding position, spring pressure means for normally swinging the paperfinger to the platen, a oint'ed connectionbetween the paper finger andthe support,

whereby the paper finger may be moved the joint closed and therebypositivelyholding the paper finger in its normal work sheet holdingposition at the platen. I

10. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen, of'a paper fingerand a support therefor, said support being pivotally mounted to swing.theipaper -finger; transversely of the platen into. and out ofits worksheet holding position, and a jointed connection between the. paperfinger and the support whereby, the paper finger may be 45 the supportbeing pivotally mounted -relaswung into a reversed positionrelatively-to therefor.

guiding finger having its work engaging face the platen and beyond thework field when the support is swung to move the paper fingel out of itswork sheet holding position.

11. In a typewriter the combination with the platen, of a paper-fingerand a support said support being pivotally mounted to swing the paperfinger transversely of the platen into and out of its work sheet holdingposition, said paper fingerbeing provided with a carrying arm extendinginto the work fieldand a paper ,curved *to conform to and facing theplaten, and a jointed connection between thepaper finger and the supportwhereby the paper finger may be swungbeyond the work field and into suchrelationwith the platen that the work engaging face of said paperguiding' finger maybe curvedoppositely to and gfacedzaway from theplaten, when the support is swung to move the paper finger out of itswork sheet holding position.

12. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen, of a [two-part paper finger device,

,one ,part beino' a support and being pivot- ;ally and slidahly mountedrelatively to the platen and including a plate extending forwardly overthe platen, the entire plate being positioned laterally beyond the Workvfield, the other part bei-nga paper finger,

. a-hinged connection betweenwthe paper finger and the plate member of"the support, a said support including means for spring- I pressing thepaper finger normally .to the platen, and vco-opei =ati;ng means betweenthe paper finger and the plate member of the support effective in thenormal position of the parts, to transmit the :force of-thespringpressure means to the paper finger at the platen.

13. In a typewriter,.the combinationwith :the platen, of atwo-pantwpaper finger dea'lce, one part constituting a support, and theother part C(JIlSt-ltlltl-Hg the paper finger,

timely 'to the platen, whereby the paper fin- :germay he swungtransversely of the platen into and out of work-engagingpositionrelatively to the platen, the paperfinger being fp-i-votrrllyim'ountetlwon the support in such relation thereto that it may be swunglongitudina l ly of the platen into and outof work engaging positionrelatively to the platen, the swinging movement of the supp t nd theswinging movement of the paper finger being wholly independent ofeach Iothen-and locking means for normally 'holding the paper finger inwork-engaging position relatively to the" support, said locking meansbeing releasable for allowing movement of the paper finger relatively tothe support out or work-engaging position, said locking means operatingto automatically lock the paper finger when the latter is 'moved intowork-engaging position relatively to the support. I 7 14c. In atypewriter, the combination with the platen, of a two-part paper fingerdevice,

one part-being a paper finger and adapted to iswingatright angles to theother part to move the paper finger into and out ofthe iwork field, theother part being a support positioned wholly outside of said work field,

adapted to swing the paper finger intoand port having a yoked bearingion-the rod and a forwardly reaching plate o-f-a paperifinger carryingarm hinged to theiplate in front of the platemior radial movement intoand out of the field of a work sheet carried on the platen-and lockingmeans between the plate and the carrying arm to inorm-ailly maintain thepaper finger in its-operative Work 'hOiding'POSitioIl.*" I

17. In a paper finger device fortype writers, the combination with theplaten, a guide red at the rear of the platen, a supportha-ving a yokedbearing on the rod and a forwardly extending plate, of &a"reinforcbracket for the support, oppositely yoked at its 'innerend tothe rod and at its outer end provided With a forwardly extendingplaterigidly attached "to the plate on the support, and a paperfingencarrying ar-m hinged to one of the plates in front of the platen,for radial movement into and out of the hold of a work platen. a q r I18. In a paper finger deviee"i or-;t-ypewriters, the combinationfwiththe platen a guide rod at the rear of the-platen, a "support having ayoked bearing on the rod and a forwardly extending plate, or ar'eintorcing bracket for the support, oppositely yoked at its inner endto the'rod and at its sheet carried on the outer end provided with aforwardly oxtending pla te rigidly attached to the plate on the support,and a paper 'fingercarrying arm hinged to one of the-plates in front ofthe platen, for radial movement into and out of thefield of aworl'c-sheet carriedhnthe platen and'lookin'g means between the platesand the earryingarm to normaliyfma-ig'itain the paper finger in'itsoperative work holding ositiony f 19.11; a paper finger device for type-Wholly beyond I the i8 5 writers, the combination with the platen, of asupport pivotally mounted with respect to the platen and having a platepositioned laterally beyond the field of a work-sheet carried by theplaten, a carrying arm on the plate extendinglongitudinally of theplaten into the said work field, a paper guiding finger carried by thearm, comprising an intermediate laterally extending part with anupwardly reaching finger at its inner end fastened to the carrying armand a down wardly reaching work engaging finger at its outer end, thetwo said fingers being relatively ofi' set, the said intermediate partbeing beveled upwardly and inwardly at its lower edge, from its junctionwith the work engaging finger to the inner end of the carryin arm, andbeing provided with a longitu inally extending feed roll mountedthereon.

20. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen and its printingline, of a paper finger carrying arm, a support to which the arm isconnected, said arm extending longitudinally of the platen into thefield of a work sheet carried thereon, a paper guiding finger fastenedon the inner end of said arm, having its work engaging end off-setoutwardly toward the edge of the field of the work sheet at the printingline, a beveled edge part on the paper guiding finger between theprinting line and the carrying arm, extending inwardly from the saidoil'- set end to the inner edge of the paper guiding finger, and a feedroll mounted on the said part of the paper guiding finger, below thecarrying arm and above the printing line.

21. In a typewriter, the combination with the platenand its printingline, of a paper finger device comprising a support pivotally mounted atthe rear of and extending forwardly over the platen and having acarrying arm which extends longitudinally of the platen into the fieldof a work sheet carried thereon, a paper guiding finger carried by thearm at its inner end, the paper guiding finger being ofi'set outwardlybe-- low the arm, toward the edge of the field of the work sheet at theprinting line, a.

beveled edge part on the paper guiding finger above the printing lineextending inwardly from the offset part to the inner end of the paperguiding finger and a feed roll below the supporting arm mounted on saidbeveled edge part of the paper guiding finger.

22. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen, of a two-partpaper finger device, one part including a paper finger, and beingpivoted to the other part in such manner that the paper finger may beswung into and out of the work field, and means for locking the twoparts of the device together when the paper finger is in normalwork-engaging position relatively to the platen, said locking meansbeing releasable when the paper finger is in said work engagingposition.

23. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen, of a two-partpaper finger device, one partincluding a support movable transverselywith regard to the platen, and the other part including a paper fingermovable longitudinally with respect to the platen, a hinged connectionbetween the two parts of the device, and locking means efi'ective tolock the paper finger when in normal workengaging position relatively tothe support, and ineffective irrespective of the position of the supportwhen the paper finger is out of normal work-engaging position relatively to the support.

24. In a typewriter, the combination with the platen, of a two-partpaper finger device,

one part including asupport, and the other part including a paper fingermovable out of work engaging relation relatively to the supportirrespective of the position ofthe support, a hinged connection betweenthe support and the paper finger, and a locking means automaticallyoperating to lock the paper finger relatively to the support when thepaper finger is moved into work-engaging relation relatively to thesupport.

25. In a paper finger device for typewriters, the combination with theplaten, a a paper finger in work holding position at the front of theplaten, a guide rod at the rear of the platen, a support for the paperfinger having a yoked bearing on the rod and a forwardly reaching platecarrying the paper finger, of a bracket for the support, oppositelyyoked at its inner end to the rod and at its outer'end rigidly securedon said plate and serving to constitute a reinforcement to strengthenthe device.

FREDERIC W. HILLARD.

Witnesses:

Mosns GOODMAN, L. B. TOMPKINS.

